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Sunday, November 4, 2012

GO to Oshawa!

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In October, I decided it was time to GO to Oshawa!  You know Oshawa, gateway to Harmony and Farewell! Actually, I've spent a little t...
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Friday, October 26, 2012

Trackside with VIA: Cross-Canada Compendium

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New books! I'm pleased to announce the release of my second and third books on VIA Rail. Entitled Trackside with VIA: Cross-Canada Co...
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Friday, October 19, 2012

ONR - The Northlander 1994, Part 2

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On March 4, 1994 I was back at the 1916-built Matheson station , off the Ontario Northland bus and waiting for No 698: 1808-203-609-702-6...
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Saturday, October 13, 2012

ONR - The Northlander 1994, Part 1

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In March 1994, I had the opportunity to ride Ontario Northland's Northlander to Timmins, Ontario.  At the time, I was a professional...
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Saturday, October 6, 2012

ONR - The Northlander

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Last weekend's final runs on Ontario Northland's Toronto-Cochrane Northlander resulted in a wave of nostalgia, regret, political ...
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Eric Gagnon was born in Montreal, Quebec and has lived in Kingston, Ontario most of his life. Much time was spent trackside when not in school, college or practising as a medical laboratory technologist. Married with two children, Eric is also an HO-scale modeller, musician, avid reader and blogger, having launched his Canadian railfan blog Trackside Treasure in 2008. Eric's first book Trackside with VIA:The First 35 Years, published in 2011, was followed by two more in 2012: Trackside with VIA:Cross-Canada Compendium and Consist Companion. In 2017, Eric published his fourth book, Trackside with VIA - Research & Recollections, followed by his two-volume Trains & Grains series in June, 2018, then two books on Kingston's waterfront history - Smoke on the Waterfront in November 2020, and Stories on the Waterfront in August, 2021.
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